Lorenzo Batlle y Grau

Lorenzo Cristobal Manuel Batlle y Grau (10 August 1810-8 May 1887) was President of Uruguay from 1 March 1868 to 1 March 1872, succeeding Pedro Varela and preceding Tomas Gomensoro Albin. He was a Colorado Party of Uruguay member, and he was the father of Jose Batlle y Ordonez, the uncle of Luis Batlle Berres, and the granduncle of Jorge Battle Ibanez.

Biography
Lorenzo Cristobal Manuel Batlle y Grau was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 10 August 1810, and he served as a military officer before becoming a high-ranking member of the Colorado Party of Uruguay. He was elected President in 1868, but his presidency failed due to a pre-existing monetary crisis, and a civil war and military uprising erupted due to his failure to control the country, leading to the rise of a Colorado dictatorship. He died in 1887.